Good evening, everyone. Things continue to progress nicely toward a very wintry pattern taking up residence across much of the country over the next few weeks. This all gets underway with a system working in from the northwest Sunday night into Monday.

This puts us in a northwesterly flow with additional systems diving in here from the northwest with rounds of snow showers/squalls. A true clipper or two will try to join the fray for the middle and end of the week. The GFS snowfall forecast through Wednesday shows a general 1″-4″ across much of the state with higher amounts possible in the southeast…

GFS Snow

Expand that out through Friday and the totals increase a bit…

GFS Snow 2

Check out this absolutely Frigid pattern on the European Model…

Euro

The Friday-Saturday maps basically show the Polar Vortex dropping toward the Great Lakes and northeast with even colder air moving in here. That is introduced by another potential light snow maker.

That should set the stage for another system to follow that up around Valentine’s Day. That one is handled differently with each model run that comes out. Here’s what the European Has with it…

Euro 3

I’ll have a full update later tonight. Enjoy your Saturday evening and take care.